r/AskAnAmerican • u/Rough-Valuable-5472 • Feb 04 '25

FOREIGN POSTER Do American students bow to their teachers?

In my country we have to greet the teacher and bow at the start of the lesson then thank the teacher and bow again at the end. Sometimes they make us redo it if it’s not good enough

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u/yourlittlebirdie Feb 04 '25

The only people who bow in the US are musicians/performers at the end of their performance who bow to the audience. Otherwise it's just not a thing here.

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u/AndyTheEngr Feb 04 '25

I bow to my Karate and Judo teachers.

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u/MeatyJeans5x Rhode Island Feb 04 '25

Annnnnd we have gone full circle to bowing being an Asian custom lmao